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讨论
Discussion
I never discuss discussions.
我从不讨论讨论。
The networks initiated the discussion of live coverage.
电视网开始讨论现场直播。
Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings.
避免在公开会议上讨论任何有关公共政策的具体问题。
I am in discussions with a label. We are talking about doing something.
我正在和一个品牌谈判。我们在谈论做些什么。
If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.
如果宇宙中有什么东西无法忍受讨论,那就让它崩溃吧。
I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.
我宁愿输掉一场争论,也不愿为了赢而进行长时间的讨论。
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
伟大的人物讨论思想;普通人讨论事件;心胸狭窄的人爱讨论别人。
There are a couple of things in there if we're constraining this discussion to horror here.
如果我们把这里的讨论限制在恐怖的程度,这里有一些东西。
We haven't had a lot of discussion about this... It's something we may explore in the future.
我们对此还没有太多讨论……这是我们将来可能会探索的东西。
Public discussions are part of what it takes to make changes in the trillions of graphics published each year.
公众讨论是改变每年出版的数万亿张图片的一部分。
There is one class of men, whom it especially behoves to be tenacious of the right of free discussion. I mean the poor.
有一类人特别应该坚持自由讨论的权利。我是说穷人。
Shakespeare and Rembrandt have in common the faculty of quickening speculation and compelling the minds of men to combat and discussion.
莎士比亚和伦勃朗有一种共同的能力,那就是加快思考的速度,迫使人们的思想去斗争和讨论。
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There's a bizarre insistence on how a story should be. 'The protagonist must be sympathetic!' they say. Whatever that means. I never engage in that discussion. I never use that word, 'sympathetic.' I just know 'interesting.'
对于一个故事应该是什么样的,有一种奇怪的坚持。“主角必须有同情心!””他们说。不管这意味着什么。我从不参与那种讨论。我从来没用过‘同情’这个词。我只知道“有意思”。
There may be something good in silence. It's a brand new thing. You can hear the funniest little discussions, if you keep turning the volume down. Shut yourself up, and listen out loud.
在沉默中也许会有一些美好的东西。这是一个全新的东西。如果你一直把音量调低,你就能听到最有趣的小讨论。把自己关起来,大声听。
There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.
有两件事是不能正面攻击的:无知和心胸狭窄。它们只能被相反品质的简单发展所动摇。他们不愿意讨论。
Yet the effort to inform the public also encouraged responsible public discussion that succeeded in developing a consensus for the measured approach that many scientists supported.
然而,向公众提供信息的努力也鼓励了负责任的公众讨论,这些讨论成功地就许多科学家支持的有分寸的方法达成了共识。
But I'll tell you something: We had a big family discussion about it recently, my two sisters and I, and I pointed out that we all have the same genes as our mother and we're all susceptible to becoming alcoholics.
但我要告诉你一件事:我和我的两个姐妹最近就这个问题进行了一次大型的家庭讨论,我指出我们都和我们的母亲有相同的基因,我们都很容易成为酗酒者。
So, when the discussion about not using the term feminist came up at a conference workshop, I couldn't believe it. The more I listened, the more I felt the need to express my passion about my identity as a feminist.
所以,当在一次研讨会上讨论不使用女权主义这个词时,我简直不敢相信。我听的越多,就越觉得有必要表达我作为女权主义者的激情。